Text: J. W. Ostrom, B. R. Pollin, and J. A. Savoye, “Illustration 23,” The Collected Letters of Edgar Allan Poe — Vol. I: 1824-1845 (2008), between pp. 546 and 547, I-B (This material is protected by copyright)

23. Prospectus of the Penn Magazine, June 1840, broadside

Courtesy of the Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

Poe's letter to C. W. Thomson (LTR-96) is written on a blank page of the unique surviving copy of this prospectus (other forms exist). The printed text appears on one portion of a large sheet, which was then folded into quarters, forming a page measuring 9 7/8 inches by 8 inches.